CHOC Children’s Specialists in conjunction with Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and the University of California at Irvine (UCI), is seeking a full-time child and adolescent psychiatrist to serve as Medical Director of the Inpatient Unit. This position will provide clinical and programmatic leadership to a new state-of-the-art 18-bed inpatient mental health unit for children and adolescents, clinical coverage for one of two inpatient teams, some outpatient /consultation-liaison service, and supervision of child and adolescent psychiatry fellows.

CHOC Children’s Specialists is composed of more than 180 physicians and 19 pediatric subspecialties. The group practices at CHOC Children’s, a premier healthcare system based in Orange County, Calif. Named one of the best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report (2017-2018) and a 2016 Leapfrog Top Hospital, CHOC Children's is exclusively committed to the health and well-being of children... through clinical expertise, advocacy, outreach and research that brings advanced treatment to pediatric patients.
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